This workshop is designed to equip participants with the skills and knowledge to enhance your research impact through the power of bibliometric analysis. Through a series of interactive sessions and exercises, you'll learn how to collect, clean, and analyze data using cutting-edge tools such as MS Excel, OpenRefine, Publish or Perish, VOSviewer, and Biblioshiny. We'll cover quantitative and qualitative methods for analyzing literature collections, including term and cluster analysis. By the end of the workshop, you'll be able to identify key authors and publications in your field, develop a deeper understanding of research trends, and improve your publication strategies. This workshop is specifically designed for journal writing, and you'll have the opportunity to draft a high-impact journal paper as part of the course. Don't miss this opportunity to improve your research skills and contribute to the knowledge structure of your field!

Workshop Details

About Facilitator

Ts. Dr. Aidi Ahmi is an associate professor at the Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School of Accountancy, Universitiy Utara Malaysia (UUM). He obtained his PhD. in Information Systems and Computing from Brunel University London, United Kingdom. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). He has been recognised as Professional Technologist (Ts.) by the Malaysia Board of Technologies (MBOT). He is also a lifetime member of the Malaysian Accounting Association (MyAA) and Internet Society (ISOC) Malaysia. Now he is actively sharing his knowledge of bibliometric analysis through workshops and training organised by higher learning institutions, associations, and training institutions. He has published two books on bibliometrics, entitled “Bibliometric Analysis for Beginners” and “Bibliometric Analysis using R for Non-Coders”. He has also actively published several articles on bibliometric studies in high-impact journals. To date, he has authored over 100 journal article publications and successfully supervised eight PhD graduates in the fields of accounting, information systems, auditing, and information and communication technology. He is also active in consulting projects. Currently, he is involved with the Citation & Infometric Division, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, for the Bibliometric Project on the Performance of Malaysian Scholarly Outputs 2017-2021. For more information about the facilitator, please visit his website at https://aidi-ahmi.com/.

Workshop Coverage

PART 1: IDENTIFYING THE TOPIC AND GETTING THE DATASET (3 hours)

An Introduction to Bibliometric Analysis
 Overview of bibliometric concepts, techniques, and applications

Identifying the Topic and Scope of the Study
 Identifying the topic for bibliometric study
 Setting the scope, aim and objectives of the study
 Designing the research questions (RQs)
 Planning the strategy to answer the research questions

Getting a Dataset
 Defining the keywords related to the topic of the study
 Designing the search query
 Screening and cleaning the results
 Downloading the dataset
 Drafting the procedure for data collection

PART 2: CLEANING AND HARMONISING THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA (4 hours)

 Accessing the data quality
 Investigating the issue of bibliographical data downloaded from Scopus
 Checking for any missing values, duplicates, or inconsistent data formats
 Normalising the dataset to ensure consistency and standardised representation
 Splitting a multivalued column into multiple rows
 Cleaning and harmonising the data
 Joining multiple rows that have been split before
 Merging any duplicate records and/or removing duplicates from the dataset
 Enriching the data by adding additional information or variables from external sources to enhance its value
 Exporting the cleaned data for further analysis

PART 3: CONDUCTING BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS (6 hours)

Analysing the Data using Microsoft Excel
 Analysis of essential data and producing basic bibliometrics results
 Using biblioMagika to conduct extended bibliometric analysis. This app will revolutionise the way to conduct bibliometric analysis. This user-friendly app automates the calculation process using Excel, making bibliometric analysis faster, more accurate, and more efficient.

Measuring the Performance and Impact of Literature using Publish or Perish
 Overview of the tool and its purpose
 Importing and uploading the bibliometric data
 Exporting the citations metrics
 Saving the results
 Analysing bibliometric data using Publish or Perish (POP)

Visualising the Bibliometric Networks using VOSviewer
 Installing VOSviewer
 Overview of VOSviewer and its features
 Creating maps and network graphs in VOSviewer
 Analysing bibliographic data
 Adjusting the appearance of maps and network graphs
 Exporting data from VOSviewer for further analysis.
 Real-world examples of using VOSviewer for bibliometric analysis

Extending Bibliometric analysis using Biblioshiny
 Introduction to Bibliometrix and Biblioshiny
 Installing R, RStudio and Bibliometrix R Package
 Importing and preprocessing bibliometric data
 Running Biblioshiny
 Understanding the features of Biblioshiny
 Analysing the trend and impact of publication
 Developing the knowledge structure of the literature

PART 4: DRAFTING BIBLIOMETRIC PAPER FOR HIGH IMPACT JOURNAL (1 hour)

 Revisiting the RQs
 Drafting a comprehensive literature review
 Designing the materials and methods of the study
 Selecting the appropriate bibliometric indicators that are relevant to the RQs
 Visualising and interpreting the results of the findings
 Discussing the implication of the results
 Write the abstract of the paper
 Submitting the paper to the relevant journal

Workshop Benefits

✓ Invitation to join the Bibliometric Coaching (WhatsApp) group

✓ FREE template to draft a bibliometric paper as per High Impact Journal (Updated Version)
✓ FREE tools to clean and harmonise bibliographical data (NEW and Only for Participant of the Workshop)
✓ FREE templates and tools to conduct the bibliometric analysis (Only for Participant of the Workshop)
✓ Various workshop materials such as powerpoint notes, sample articles, real-world examples etc.

✓ Opportunity to interact with the facilitator during and after the workshop

✓ E-certificate

✓ Video recording of the workshop

Workshop Tentative

Who Should Attend?

✓ Postgraduate Student
✓ Researcher
✓ Librarian
✓ Publisher
✓ Anyone who interested to learn about bibliometric analysis